Sertularia turbinata (Lamouroux, 1816)

Synonyms in the area: Geminella ceramensis —Vannucci Mendes, 1946; Vannucci, 1951a [non Sertularella ceramensis Billard, 1924] [polyp]; Sertularia drachi Vannucci, 1949, 1951a [polyp]; Tridentata turbinata —Grohmann et al., 2003; Grohmann, 2006 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, at 1°S 90.87°W in Isla Tortuga (Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, at La Goajira, at Aruba, at Bonaire, at Tobago, Brazil, at 3.93°S 32.42°W, at 9.80°S 35.80°W, from 18.50°S to 21°S, from 23°S to 27.19°S (Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1951a; Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965; Wedler 1975; Haddad 1992; Migotto 1996; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Oliveira, 2003; Miranda & Marques 2006, abstract; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Amaral et al. 2009; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Marques et al. 2013; Fernandez et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 250m depth, on spines of Eucidaris sp., algae, mussels, fouling and rock (Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949; Haddad 1992; Migotto 1996; Oliveira 2003; Calder et al. 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Miranda et al. 2011; Fernandez et al. 2015).